Monday, August 11, 2014

Color & Ikat with Lindly Haunani

If you've read earlier entries on this blog, you have seen my postings regarding Lindly Haunani. I love working with her. No matter how many times I take one of her workshops, I always learn something new. My first class with Lindly was at a Cabin Fever Clay Festival, shortly after Color Inspirations, the wonderful book she co-authored with Maggie Maggio, was published. Her approach to color captured my imagination, and I've been enthralled with the "Lindly rainbow" approach ever since.

The 2-day class with Lindly at the Master Class Camp was, in-a-word, wonderful. On the first day we did something I have wanted/ meant/ needed to do for a long time - we made our own swatch decks. I now have 4 complete stacks and the information I need to make additional stacks based on other colors. It is so exciting to watch colors morph and change, and to be able to draw from these sets to make compatible, vibrant, color combinations. What an amazing tool!

Next, Lindly had us create a Skinner rainbow blend using our base colors. We also created 2 or 3 solid color sheets in pastel shades based on our base colors and swatch decks. She then walked us through the process of creating an Ikat stack or cane combing the pastel sheets and the rainbow blend. Yum! Here are the Ikat stacks I made in class.

Finally, she demonstrated various ways to manipulate slices from the stacks to use in finished pieces. The final photo shows a feathered sheet and a sheet that has been formed by cutting up an Ikat stack, shifting the slices, and "building" a whole new structure. The ways in which this type of cane can be modified and changed seem endless!

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Art and creativity are an important part of my life. I love making things - and I love to teach. I feel so fortunate to have found mediums which allow me to do both! I enjoy working in beadweaving, PMC, polymer and porcelain, though recently polymer and beadweaving have "taken over" my time and attention.
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